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yellow bills, more or less verging into black, and botb Mr. Everett's 

 white Reef-Heron from Labuan and the bird collected bj" Mr. Lister 

 on Christmas Island are undoubtedl}' the same as D. eulo- 

 photes. The absence of grey Reef-Herons in those parts of the 

 Chinese coast where D. eidophotes has hitherto been found argues 

 in favour of the latter bird being a distinct species, and none 

 of the other white Reef-Herons in the Museum collection have 

 such a development of ornamental plumes as is shown by the two 

 Chinese examples alluded to above. On the other hand, these may 

 belong to an outlying colony of D. sacra, the members of which 

 are all white. The question of the specific distinctness of D. eulo- 

 phoies can only be solved by naturalists residing in China, who must 

 obtain a series of specimens at all seasons of the year. 



Hah. Coasts of Burma and the islands in the Bay of Bengal, by 

 the Malay Peninsula and islands to Australia and the Pacific, ex- 

 tending north to the islands in the Bay of Corea. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Oyster Island, British Burma. Oates Coll. 



/. 



[t. 2-45]. 



b. Juv. sk. [t. 27]. 



c. (S ad. sk. 

 [t. 2-95]. 



d. 2 ad. alb. sk. 

 [t. 3-lJ 



e. (S ad. sk. 

 ft. 2-9]. 



ff. 2 imm. 



rt.2-7-2-9];A.c? 



ad. [t. 2-8] sk. 

 i. 2 imm. sk. 



[t. 2-95]. 

 k-w. (S 2 ^^- et 



juv. sk.[t. 2-3.5- 



2-95]. 

 a-b'. Ad. sk. 



[t. 2-4-2-85]. 

 c, d'. Juv. sk. 



[t. 2-9]. 

 e. c? imm, 



[t. 2-5]. 

 f.6 ad. 



[t. 2-8]. 

 g, h'. S 2 ad. sk. 



[t. 2-7-2-75]. 

 {'. 2 alb. sk. 



[t. 2-6] 



British Burma. 



Pagoda Rocks, Kyouk Phyouu, 

 April 18 (J. Armstrong). 



Amherst, Jan. 14 {W. Davi- 

 son). 



Mergui, Nov. lo ( W. Damson). 



Little Coco Island, March 29 

 ( W. Davison). 



Gates Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



sk. 

 sk. 



Great Coco Island, March 24 



( Jr. Davison). 



South Andamans, Sept., Dec. 



to May (Ji. G. W. R. ^■ 



R. J. iVimberley). 



Port Blair, Aug., March (i?. G. 



W. R. 8,- R. J. Wimberley). 



Ross Island, Dec. 20 {R.' G. 



W. R.). 

 Pha?nix Bay, Dec. 20 {W. 



Davison). 

 Haddo, Andamans, Jan. 4 



( W. Davison). 

 South Button Isl., March 21 



(.4. O. H.). 

 Chatham, Andamans {A. de 

 Roepsto)-ff). 

 A;',"/', c? ad. [t. 2-75 Camorta IsL, Nicobars, Feb. Hume f'oll. 

 -8-5] ; m, n. 2 ( JV. Damson). 



ad.[t.2-&-2-65]sk. 

 o, I)'. Ad. et juv. Camorta, Feb. 11 (i?. J. Wim- 



st. [t. 2-7-2'75]. berley). 

 q , r'. S 2 ad. sk. Great Nicobar, Jan., March 



[t. 2-8-2 9]. {W. Davison), 



s'-w'. 6 ad. [t. 2-9] Trinkut IsL, Jan., March ( W. 

 2 ad. et juv. Davison). 

 alb. [t. 2-75] sk. 



Tweeddale & Hume 

 Colls. 



Tweeddale & Hume 



Colls. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



